Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-26
TOO DEV0UT FOR BOYS.
A COUPLE OF ERRANT DAMSElS,
WESTWARD BOUND,

And Duly Attired In Their Brothers
Clothes, Betrayed by Their Unusual At
tention to Religious Observation-Disclosures
of Lily and Katy Davey-F Fortunate End
of a Perilious Trip.
CHICAGO April 26 Lille and Katy Davey,
sisters, aged Ii AMI Il years respectively, ar
rived in this city Monday night from VIM
| dom, Mimi, on route to their home IN koch-
ester, N Y, and were kept over night at the
armory. The local police were advised by
telegraph of the time the girls would reach
here, and an ofliler met them at the railway
station. The young misses are Intelligent
and very pretty. They claim to belong to
good family residing at the corner of Clinton
park and Monroe place. in Rochester.
| Their story is that about two months ago
| their home life became unbearable on &C
count of their father and mother having
| separated and the efforts that each of their
| parents made to obtain possession OF the
| children. Unler these circumstances the
girls concluded to seek their fortunes in the
west They accordingly dressed themselves
in clothing from the wardrobe OF younger
brother, and without money started on their
| Journey. From Rochester to Chicago they
Travelled on passenger trains, stealing rides
at times and occasionally appealing to the
| kindness OF the conductors. In places where
they stopped they found odd jobs to do,
which kept them in food, or when work
failed begged food enough to keep them
alive From this city they made their way
| to Window, Mimi, on freight trains, sleep
| ing in box-cars and generally in the company
| OF tramps and other tough characters. They
| claim they have successfully concealed their
| sex from their dangerous fellow-travelers.
When they reached Window they had a
small amount of money, and went to the
| GARRISON house to get something to eat.
The proprietor of the hotel was struck
with the brightness and beauty of the two
boys as he thought them In answer to his
inquiries they told a tale of having been
left orphans, and, not knowing what elss to
to do, had come west in search of work
The hotelkeeper became SO Interested III
them that he made up his mind to take care
of them until they found a home, and he
also entertained a thought that he might
eventually adopt them into his family lie
| provided them with new clothes, the ones
they wore having suffered considerably on
their long journey, AMI, being a religious
man, took them 10 cdurcG Oh the first Suu.
day after their arrival. 1t WIS through this
latter circumstance that their sex was dis
covered. Both bows askei TO be furnished
with Bible, and during the service pait
such strict attention to the sermon ans
prayed so fervently that the hotel man Wa.
astonished to see 80 much religious char.
acter IN boys of their tender age.
| rlat b,, al tha.,, i ,iT, a
finding their department modest and gen
orally correct, began 20 suspect the truth
His suspicion once aroused, it did not TAKE
him long tn bring them to a fearful confes
sion. They told him the whole truth, at tin
same time expressing a wish IN return home
At the solicitation of the hotcI-keeper tn,
good people of Window raisel purse o
nearly $3.50, out of which u supply Of prop
clothing was bought for the girls and thei
railroad fare to Rochester paid Aside froa
some hard knocks and few hungry day
during their travels, it does not appear tia
the girls came to any harm by the trip,
piece of remarkable gooi fortune, consider
ing the perls to which they were exposed
They resumed their homeward Journey Tues
day.